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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Chapter 13, "Red Coast III" refers to leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others?
(a) Hegemony.
(b) Polygamy.
(c) Anarchy.
(d) Misogyny.

2. Whom did Ye Wenjie marry?
(a) Bai Mulin.
(b) Yang Weining.
(c) Yang Dong.
(d) Ruan Wen.

3. What word from Chapter 14, "Red Coast IV" means having mixed feelings about something or someone?
(a) Affluent.
(b) Articulate.
(c) Ambivalent.
(d) Reticent.

4. How many regiments comprise the Inner Mongolia Production and Construction Corps, according to the narrator in Chapter 2, "Silent Spring"?
(a) 41.
(b) 16.
(c) 32.
(d) 19.

5. Who beats Ye Zhetai to death in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?
(a) Three young men.
(b) Two young girls.
(c) Two old men.
(d) Four teenage girls.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much time has passed since Ye Zhetai's death in the beginning of Chapter 2, "Silent Spring"?

2. Who holds Ye Wenjie back when she tries to save her father in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?

3. Who is the author of the book Silent Spring?

4. What was the codename for China's first test of a three-staged thermonuclear device?

5. What is the organization that controls China's nuclear missiles, according to the Translator's Note in Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Ye Wenjie go after her father's death? Why?

2. What satellites are described in Chapter 9, "The Universe Flickers"?

3. What subjects does Ye Wenjie study in Chapter 12, "Red Coast II"? Why?

4. Where is Ye Wenjie taken by helicopter in Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"? Why?

5. Why does Ye Wenjie arrange for Wang to meet Sha Ruishan in Chapter 8, “Ye Wenjie”?

6. Who is Ye Zhetai? What is his character's importance in The Three-Body Problem?

7. Describe the narrative style in The Three-Body Problem. Does the narrative style change in the course of the novel?

8. What setting is described when Wang logs onto the Three Body game in Chapter 11, "Three Body: Mozi and Fiery Flames"?

9. What is the significance of the literary allusions to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring in the novel?

10. What setting is established in Chapter 2, "Silent Spring"? What has brought Ye Wenjie to this location?

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